Course Schedule

Note: We are making up this course as we go along! Much of this timeline will start out blank, and fill in as we go. Anything below that’s in the future is a rough sketch at best. Expect dates to change as the course evolves.

Date
Topic
Before class
In class
Homework
WOGL
Wed, Sep 9
Fri, Sep 11
Mon, Sep 14
Wed, Sep 16
Fri, Sep 18
Mon, Sep 21
Wed, Sep 23
Fri, Sep 25
Mon, Sep 28
Processing / p5
Wed, Sep 30
Fri, Oct 2
Mon, Oct 5
Wed, Oct 7
Fri, Oct 9
Mon, Oct 12
Wed, Oct 14
Fall Break
Mon, Oct 19
Generative methods
Wed, Oct 21
Fri, Oct 23
Mon, Oct 26
Wed, Oct 28
Fri, Oct 30
Mon, Nov 2
Wed, Nov 4
Fri, Nov 6
Mon, Nov 9
TidalCycles
Wed, Nov 11
Fri, Nov 13
Mon, Nov 16
Wed, Nov 18
Fri, Nov 20
Mon, Nov 23
Thanksgiving Break
Projects / Public Event
Mon, Nov 30
Wed, Dec 2
Fri, Dec 4
Mon, Dec 7
Wed, Dec 9
Fri, Dec 11
Mon, Dec 14
Explore WOGL
Welcome, about the class
Study the Syllabus
Fill out the student info form
Join the Slack channel
Reverse-Engineering WOGL
Document WOGL
First year check-in
Work on WOGL documentation
Document WOGL
L-Systems
About L-systems, Spaces in WOGL, recursion
WOGL Puzzles
WOGL Creation
WOGL Q&A, A peek under the hood
Initial learning reflection
In-class WOGL creation showcase
First year Q&A time
From WOGL to p5
Starred challenge from Wed's activity
Some p5 building blocks
Turtle party
Mouse Events
Mouse events
Particles in the Wind
Keyboard events, Particle systems
Bare Bones Theater poll
Particle Systems
How does “Particles in the Wind” work??
Bring a creation that responds to keypresses
Share with Physical Computing, Open work time
Midterm learning reflection
Discussion (prompts), Event planning
p5 creation sharing!, Start on Cellular automata (maybe)
Cellular Automata
Agent-based simulation, flocking?
Voronoi diagrams?
Image warping?
Video feedback?
Iterated function systems?
What is Liberal Arts? (with Physical Computing)
Orbit fractals?
TBA
Career Exploration visit
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
MSCS Events
WOGL Creation
7 days / 4 classes